Liege vs Ruler - What's the difference?
liege | ruler |
A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
* Tennyson
Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal.
(obsolete, legal) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a rule; a straightedge with markings; a measure.
A person who rules or governs; a person who exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
As nouns the difference between liege and ruler
is that liege is a free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign while ruler is a (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a rule; a straightedge with markings; a measure.As an adjective liege
is sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.As a proper noun Liège
is a province in Wallonia, Belgium.liege
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(-)- a liege lord
- She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; / And he, he reverenced his liege lady there.
- a liege''' man; a '''liege subject
- (Burrill)